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I actually poured a bottle and a half into a 1/2 liter stein,a brilliant bronze color with a large fluffy white top,great definition and great lasting power to the head.The hoppiest steam beer I have come across at least aroma wise,to go along with herbal/grassy hops came a big sweet caramel base.Herbal hops again make a presence on the palate but the sweeter side kinda wins out,caramel and drunken fruit with an iron tinge overtop of herbal hops.This a brash steam beer with big sweetness and a healthy dose of hops,its brash,would you expect anything from this series?

Easy drinking, hoppy ale. Balance in full force. Some more lemons, maybe earth, subtle spice. SESSION beer....in a very good way. Nice summer quaffer. Fine with all sorts of food. Well worth enjoying...This is the way the good stuff tasted 30 years...

The beer pours a light orange color with a white head. The aroma is full of bread and graham cracker. I also get a little bit of honey in the aroma. The flavor has the same malt component as the aroma, with the addition of some toffee and grass from the hops. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. I am not usually a huge fan of this style but this beer was pretty good.

Taste: Somewhat sweet malt backbone of cherry, toast and caramel. Tastes like a German lager, but fruitier and with more citrusy hops on top of the malt backbone. Not much bitterness; just a spicy (noble?) hop kick.

Overall: Overall, it seems a little too malty and boozy for a California Common. As a result, it comes across like a bigger, fruitier German lager. This is not really a bad thing, as it is quite tasty, but I expected more.

Gold colored pour, plenty of clarity to it, small white head fades, but clings to the glass. Aroma was sweet.

Sweet be thy name in the taste, really delivers on the sweet lager yeast mouthfeel, mildly hoppy. Was amazed to see how high the alcohol (6.5%) was on this, must be hidden by the appreciable sweetness from this one, didn't taste it, a really easy drinking beer, kinda similar to Weinhard's lager's sweetness, but better hopping, sturdier body.

Anchor Steam ain't got nuthin' on this beer, other than longevity. Gonna try and hold on to a bottle of this until summer weather comes around to this part of the country (hasn't been above 70 in weeks, raining right now). Eh screw it, I'll just buy another variety pack, all the beers are good in it.

Crystal clear amber color pours with a beautiful thicket of off white head, forms fine even speckled lacing. Aroma has a hint of citrus hops with a nice fruity caramelized malt profile. Fairly sweet wave of malts with barely any noticeable balancing hops, really one dimensional that actually finishes with a bit of booze. There's not much besides the malts to cover up the 6.5% abv, overall not my favorite California brewed steam beer but a solid effort from a mixed 12 pack with such a diverse group of beers. I really wouldn't want this beer in number, overall I'm happy with it but it lacks the great thing that Anchor Steam has going...drinkability.

Smells of pale malts with solid amounts of light citrus and floral hops. Also present are slight amounts of breadiness and spicy hops.

Tastes similar to how it smells. Light pale malts up front are joined by bright citrus and slight leafy hops. Slight bready flavors come into play before fading out and allowing the hops carry through to a moderately bitter ending. Mouthfeel is OK, with a light thickness and decent carbonation.

Overall this was a nice beer, a significantly lighter take on the APA due to the yeast. It could use a bit more body but a good beer nonetheless. Very similar to the first release from the original beer camp.

O: Nice fruity flavors balance of the slight roast and bitterness of the hops. It is pretty light thanks to lots of carbonation. The finish is strong and creates a slight off balance in flavor profile.

A- This beer pours a clear deep orange body with a swirl of microbubbles supporting and off-white head that sticks to the glass with each sip and last for a good bit.

S- This beer has a woody green hop aroma with some pale biscuit malt underneath but is overall really clean.

T- The pale malt is dry with a green woody hop flavor to follow and some citrus hops notes in the finish. The soft green hop pellet flavor grows a bit to balance the citrus notes and there is a green bitter hop note that lingers after the dry finish.

M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel with a tight carbonation and a crisp texture.

O- This beer has a nice smooth Northern brewers hop character with a good biscuit/pale malt blend and it is very crisp and light with a subtle depth. Great beer for warm weather.

Poured into my DFH snifter- pours a transparent orange color, visible small carbonation bubbles. Smell- light fruits, maybe apricot? bready malt, sweet floral smell. Taste- sweet apricot up front, the carbonation makes the sweet flavor a bit dry, some sort of green apple, light fruit flavor on the end. Mouthfeel- I love the carbonation on this- it is perfect. Drinkablity- this is highly drinkable, if it wasnt 6.5%, it would be the perfect session beer.

A- This beer pours a very clear orange hued color There is quite the carbonation action going on with a 1/2 finger white head on top of the pint glass. Plenty of lacing on the glass which hangs around.

S- This beer has a steam beer like aroma with hints of hops and pale bready malt. Very clean smell to this beer.

T- Beer starts off with a dry taste profile with a bit of hop flavor and some nice citrus notes to finish which is quite crisp and dry atypical of traditional sierra nevada beers. Nice taste profile though!

M- This beer has medium carbonation footprint that is crisp and clean in the delivery.

O- Nice character to this beer and a nice change-up from the norm of IPA and Pale Ale style of beers. If you like "steam beers" in particular Anchor Steam you will very much enjoy this offering from Sierra Nevada. It is great to feature the best of the "Beer Camp" experiments.

I would recommend that Sierra Nevada consider this as an all year round beer for their portfolio. Very nice beer!

Poured into a pint glass, 1 finger of quickly fading frothy head, and very little (if any) lacing. The body is very clear, golden in color with some rising bubbles. Faint aromas, all I'm really picking up are some caramel malts when I get my nose an inch from the surface.

The flavors are much more pronounced than my nose led me to believe. Fairly sweet - caramel / honey are predominant upfront and through the finish. Also picking up on some fruity hops making their way through this sweet, bready beer. Light to medium bodied with a nice dose of carbonation, a bit of alcohol comes through as it warms which I didn't expect or care for with the style.

Not a style I'm extremely experienced with, but just cant get over the lack of aromatics, kinda bland appearance, and alcohol heat in a beer of its abv.